FOREWORD OF CONSTITUTION OF CPI (ML) (Finalized form).
New Democratic Revolution in India is taking place in the
era of imperialism and proletarian revolution, when imperialism headed by US
imperialism is striving for world hegemony. The New Democratic Revolution in
India led by the Communist Party, as the vanguard of the proletariat, is an
integral part of the world Proletarian Socialist Revolution. The historical
task of the Communist party is to give leadership to the Indian proletariat in
this momentous struggle by mobilizing all revolutionary classes, sections and
masses of people for it. The CPI (ML) upholds Marxism-Leninism-Mao Tse Tung
Thought, fighting against revisionism, sectarian positions and left
adventurism. The CPI (ML) is committed to the task of uniting the genuine
Communists in our country and paving the way for the building of the Communist
Party which is capable of leading the New Democratic Revolution in the country
of more than 100 Crores of people. The CPI (ML) dedicates itself to the great
revolutionary cause of building the Communist Party to lead the masses of
Indian people in protracted revolutionary struggle to overthrow the present
system and complete the tasks of the New Democratic Revolution leading towards
Socialism and Communism.
Here are the Common Points on the evolution of Party
History for 1967-72:
COMMON POINTS,
1. After
Telangana, the Naxalbari uprising and Srikakulam movement provided an excellent
opportunity to break free from the chains of revisionism and neo-revisionism
which dominated the communist movement at that time and to take steps to build
a genuine party of the proletariat guided by Marxism-Leninism-Mao’s thought.
2. The
formation of AICCCR was a correct step in the direction of bringing the CR
forces inside the Communist Movement on a common platform.
3. Soon
after the formation of AICCCR, the left sectarian trend gained ground which
scuttled the phenomenal growth and expansion the AICCCR as a platform of CRs
coming from different parts of the country.
4. As
the left sectarian line gained ground, the democratic process was scuttled and
important sections of the CRs like APCCCR led by Com.TN,DV,CP and others and
sections in west Bengal under the leadership of Comrades Promode Sengupta,
Parimal Dasgupta, Asit Sen, Syamal Nandi and others who opposed the left
sectarian line, were forced out of it.
5. Manifestations
of the left sectarian and anarchist line were as follows:
a) Adopting
the line of individual annihilation against mass line and people’s
revolutionary struggle.
b) Adopting
guerrilla warfare as the only form of struggle and rejecting all class/mass
organizations, other forms of struggle and squads as the only form of
Organization.
c) Adopting
the concept “who ever do not dip their hands in the blood of a class enemy is
not a communist.”
d) Adopting
the slogan that “China’s Chairman is our Chairman.”
e) Rejecting
the Leninist concept of the era being that of “imperialism and proletarian
Revolution” and replacing with that of a new era of “the total collapse of
imperialism and world -wide victory of socialism.”
f) Adopting
the concept of rural based party instead of party of the proletariat.
g) Adopting
the concept that “more you study, more foolish you become.”
h) Pursuit
of the erroneous concept of “individual authority” of Com.CM.
i) Adopting
the concept of boycott of election as strategic.
These concepts are alien to Marxism-Leninism-Mao’s
thought.
6. There
was a situation favorable for the formation of a genuine Communist Party based
on Marxism-Leninism-Mao’s thought uniting all the CR forces active in the
country at that time and for leading the people’s struggles surging forward in
different parts of the country.
7. The
CPI (ML) was formed in 1969 in haste, with a sectarian approach and method due
to which valuable and influential sections of the CRs, especially of AP and WB
were left out. Due to this the efforts of forming a Party of Proletariat failed
to accomplish its objective.
8. The
CPI (ML) characterized the stage of revolution as NDR with agrarian revolution
as its axis. This generated great enthusiasm among the struggling people
throughout the country. But very soon, the enthusiasm generated by the
formation of the party started waning due to the erroneous line adopted by the
CPI (ML). As a result of this, the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggles
could not be advanced in the correct direction.
9. The
opposition to the wrong political line grew from within the CPI (ML) and by the
end of 1971 majority members of the CC, CPI (ML), outside and inside the jails,
stood against the dominant left sectarian line in it.
10. The
CR forces which were not a part of the CPI (ML) got organized into different
organizations and were opposing the left sectarian line in different parts of
the country. They characterized the stage of revolution as NDR with agrarian
revolution as its axis and adopted the protracted people’s war as the path of
revolution and the revolutionary mass line in theory and practice.
11. As
the leadership under Com.CM did not rectify its left sectarian mistakes, the
CPI (ML) split into several groups.
12. The
left sectarian line of Lin Biao which came to dominate the CPC for a short
while also encouraged the left trend prevailing in the communist revolutionary
movement. But when the CPC representatives pointed out the left sectarian trend
of CPI (ML) to the CPI (ML) delegation which visited china after its 1970
congress, the leadership of the CPI (ML) led by com. CM did not take steps for
rectification based on these suggestions.
The Communist Movement in
our country in different phases consisted of CPI, CPI (M), CPI (ML) along with
APCCCR and other Communist Revolutionary groups. Ideological and political
struggles against revisionism, right reformism, right deviation, left sectarianism
and terrorism were carried out inside and outside the aforesaid Organizations
in some way or the other. Our Organization – CPI (ML) is part of the process of
unification of Communist Revolutionaries comprising of forces coming from CPI
(ML), the forces that were never part of CPI (ML), the forces that were a part
of CPI (ML) but came out it and formed separate Organization and forces who
were new. It is neither a continuation nor a reorganization of any of the
aforesaid Organizations.
We commit to stand by our
promise to continue struggle against both the left and right deviations as
these are the twin dangers to Marxism-Leninism.
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